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We currently have three open recruitment campaigns!
📚Student Paramedic
🚑EMT
☎️EMC (Call taker)
If you want to work somewhere you know you can make a difference, click to find out more on how to apply.
From all in NAS Operations Support, sincere thanks to the team returning to Operations, Dublin & the Midlands.
Barry Norton, Seamus McGuire, James Mullins and David Laingan will be joining ICS service Mid West Leigh Rivett.
Is riocht í an tseipsis atá bagrach don bheatha agus is ionfhabhtú a chuireann isteach ar fheidhm na n-orgán a spreagann í. Dá luaithe a aithnítear í is ea is fearr is féidir í a chóireáil.
Le tuilleadh eolais a fháil, téigh chuig:
Don't wait until you have had an accident to find your nearest injury unit. Injury units treat broken bones, dislocations, minor burns and more.
Be prepared and find out where your nearest injury unit is here:
Have you always dreamed of being a paramedic? What's stopping you!?
Apply for the Student Paramedic programme today and take take the first step towards your next career.
Go to:
More people die of sepsis in Ireland than heart attacks and stroke.
Sepsis can hide behind any infection. It is treated most effectively if recognised early, so it's important to know the symptoms so that you don't miss the signs.
Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of an infection. Anyone with an infection can get sepsis.
For a full list of symptoms to look out for, visit:
Providing our Emergency Medical Controllers with your exact location when calling 999 can make it much easier for our team to get to you in an emergency.
Does this sound like a job you'd be interested in? We're recruiting! Go to:
The word FAST will help you recognise when a stroke is happening and what you need to do.
Call 112 or 999 immediately. The sooner a person gets treatment for a stroke, the less damage is likely to happen.
Find out more:
Asthma causes around 50 deaths every year in Ireland.
If you're having an asthma attack, your inhaler isn't helping and you can't breathe, call 999 or 112.
Never be afraid to call for help in an emergency.
Asthma is a common lung condition that affects the ability to breathe. This might mean difficulties breathing from time to time, or breathing problems most of the time.
Find out how asthma is diagnosed and treated:
#WorldAsthmaDay
Tá daoine cosúil leatsa ag teastáil ón tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Otharcharranna le bheith ar an gcéad phointe teagmhála don phobal in am an ghátair.
Is ionann na línte fóin agus ár líne thosaigh – freagair an glao inniu:
We had over 200 people visit our open evening events in the South East last week. Our last two stations open in the evening are in Carlow (R93Y2V0) and Kilkenny (R95HY8N) this Wednesday 8th May 1730 till 2000. The
@AmbulanceNAS
is currently recruiting
An mbeadh a fhios agat cá bhfuil an t-aonad gortuithe is gaire duit i gcás práinne?
Bain triail as ár nAimsitheoir lena fháil amach cá háit ar féidir cóir leighis a fháil ar mhionghortuithe, cnámha briste, asaltuithe agus dónna.
Have you considered a career with NAS but don't know enough about it? Why not visit one of our Open Evenings!
This Wednesday 8th May, Carlow and Kilkenny Ambulance Stations will be open to the public 5.30 - 8pm.
Come discuss opportunities, see the station and talk to our team.
If you or a loved one are injured or ill today, please consider all your options before calling an ambulance.
Most injury units are open today and you don't need a referral letter to go.
Find your nearest unit and opening hours here:
Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of an infection. Anyone with an infection can get sepsis.
For a full list of symptoms to look out for, visit:
Cleaning your hands is the easiest way to avoid infections
#WorldHandHygieneDay
This Sunday, May 5th, join us in marking
#WorldHandHygieneDay
.
Clean hands means reducing infection risk and being mindful of our health and our community health.
#BackToBasics
Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals who can give you advice when you feel unwell, recommend medicine that doesn’t require a prescription, give vaccines and advise if you need to visit a GP for further treatment.
Learn more:
An bhfuil na comharthaí a bhaineann le cás éigeandála druga ar eolas agat?
Is féidir le cás éigeandála druga tarlú le druga ar bith. Bí ag faire amach do na comharthaí fisiciúla agus meabhracha.
Tabhair aire duit féin agus do dhaoine eile.
Always call 999 if you suspect a drug overdose.
Sharing any information you have about what drug was taken can be extremely helpful, and ensures that the best care can be provided as quickly as possible.
Look after yourself and care for others if using drugs this weekend.